Will transfer if he doesn't get more pt. Best athlete on the team and isn't close
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He's 2 games into his freshman year and had no other big offers.
He's gotta be thinking WTF buried on the bench behind Connor.
There isn't a single team in the P5 who would have Connor as their starting PG. Not one.
Still doesn't counter his point. What part of "Best athlete on the team" did you not get?
You think Connor deserves the majority of ticks?
What makes you think Toussaint should? You've watched him play for what? 15 total minutes?
The short answer is because Connor sucks.
I'm not saying Joe T is all-conference material. I'm simply saying he is the best option Iowa has at PG right now, as sad as that is.
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So because you don't like CMac, Joe is automatically a better option Lmao
Just seeing him play the last couple of minutes, I would play him a lot more. I saw him get a steal and a layup. Saw him penetrate the lane and kick out for an open missed three and then I saw him run down a lose ball and take it coast to coast for a layup. Shortly after I saw Connor turn it over once again.
Play the guy that plays with some energy and has a chance to do something.
Play the guy that plays with some energy and has a chance to do something.
Baptism by fire. Give em hell Joe T!
Seems like Joe T has more potential. If you’re going to go through growing pains and get average play out of the PG position, then play Joe T and let him get experience.
I’ve already seen enough to realize Toussaint should be the starting PG. Its not even debatable
Yet Fran promotes his kid.
Makes you wonder about his ability to evaluate TALENT.
Joe T and Pemsl into the starting lineup, Connor and Nunge to the bench.
I didn't see this as personal either. Connor looks like a hard nosed kid. He gives effort. But he in NO WAY possesses the quickness or ball handling ability to be a starting PG in the B1G.
Are you kidding me? Conner isn't even in the same league as Toussaint when it comes to PG play........not even close. I have seen enough of Toussaint to know this would be a different team with the offense running through him.........Will he make some freshman mistakes? Sure. But let him make those mistakes and learn from them. He has already shown that he has elite court vision and can easily penetrate and dish........That's what Iowa has needed for a long time.......he would make Bohannon better also..........
Nunge had 0 points/0 rebounds
Nunge is bad. I would go smaller. Tousant, Frederick, weiskamp, pemsl and Garza.
Yep. Unless Iowa gets something from the 4, this will be a long season. Toussaint and CJ were both promising tonight.
Pemsl is probably the best option now. At least he brings toughness.
To be fair, I don't think anyone got a rebound opportunity for the first 10 minutes.
I said I wouldn't give up on Nunge just yet after game 1, but I expected to see at least something positive tonight.
What is all the love for Pemsl? Kriener had 8 rb and 13 points in 18 minutes. I would say that deserves a start at the 4 position.
JoeT had a Wichita State offer...more successful program NCAA wise then Iowa in past decade and they also have a PG starting in NBA. Which of Fran's PG recruits prior to JoeT have made it in NBA?
JoeT amps up the defense and can get to rim. Brick layer from outside, but so is Connor. I'd start JoeT and bring in Connor as the backup.
Kriener is a tease. Every time he has a good game, he comes back with a wtf type game. Clearly Kriener is >>> Nunge...Nunge, I'm shocked he's even worse than he was as Freshman.
He did have a nice game with only a few Kreiner moments like giving the ball to the other team under their basket.
My thinking with Pemsl is this program is soft and he’s one of the nastier players playing his first game. Bringing Kreiner off the bench brings something into the game but I’m ok with either guy starting.
Nunge has been a total bust so far. Soft, slow, passive. Could there be a worse combination?
Touissant is raw and will make mistakes, but the up side is tremendous. With him on the floor Iowa has someone capable of breaking the D down and scoring or creating open looks for others. Connor plays his ass off, but is just too slow. The fastest way to a better Joe is more PT. I would say the same about Evelyn. I would like to see a couple games with those two getting the majority of the time at PG and move Connor to the 3 to spell Wieskamp. I suspect a JBo red shirt announcement coming this week or next based on his limited PT. The Connor experiment as starting PG needs to end soon.
I find it hard to believe Kreiner has any chance to guard athletic 4s
Nunge wasn't quick as a freshman and it's gotten worse by adding the weight. I thought Fran would have learned from the Basabe experiment when he bulked up and regressed. Guy lacks aggression and you can't fix that. Hate to say it, but I think the best spot for Nunge is at IUPUI or Evansville.
The "it" factor? Maybe he passes the eye test. I saw him consistently create his own shot...
It was rough to watch. Got benched early and stayed engaged. Got yanked the second time and he went towards the end of the bench with the practice guys, put his warm up on and just sat there. I feel for the kid because I am sure he is disappointed. With that being said, I fear he is going to be another Fran bust. We need that spot to be an athletic difference maker like Reed was for DePaul. At best we get Dom Uhl like production from him and that might be a stretch.
Move him to back up the 5. experiment over
I believe our next game is Friday vs Oral Roberts. I'd let JT start. Get his feet wet at PG and build his confidence.
Here is the thing, IF Connor was surrounded by high level athletes he would be a real nice looking PG out there on the court. However in reality he doesn't have any of those types of athletes surrounding him so not only can they not make Connor look better he can't make them look better.
JT has that contrast, he needs to be playing WAY WAY more and I personally would start him at this point.
I think BlackandGold said that CMac sucks and if you cannot see that then you need glasses. Watching Connor get cut off time and again on dribble penetration and relegated to dribbling the perimeter east and west is not a sign of a good point guard.
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